Holywell Cemetery
Holywell Cemetery St Cross Cemetery | |
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Details | |
Established | 1847 |
Location | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°45′21″N 1°14′50″W / 51.75583°N 1.24722°W |
Style | Wildlife refuge |
Terms of lease | Closed to new burials |
Find a Grave | 2175352 |
Holywell Cemetery is next to
.History
In the mid 19th century, the graveyards of the six parishes in central Oxford became full, so Merton College made some of its land available to form the cemetery in 1847. The cemetery was established along with Osney Cemetery and St Sepulchre's Cemetery.[1] In 1855, new burials were forbidden at all Oxford city churches, apart from in existing vaults.
The cemetery is now a wildlife refuge with many birds (including
Notable interments and memorials
A number of well-known people are buried in the cemetery, including:
- Acland Homeis named
- James Blish, the American expatriate author
- Sir Reader Bullard and his sons Sir Giles Bullard and Sir Julian Bullard, all diplomats
- Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University[2]
- Dean of Chichester Cathedral[2]
- Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- George Claridge Druce, botanist and Mayor of Oxford
- Inklings[2]
- Francis Edgeworth, statistician and economist
- Austin Farrer, Warden of Keble College, Oxford
- Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows[2]
- Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge, classical historian formerly of Balliol, Hertford and Brasenose
- Francis Llewellyn Griffith, Egyptologist and founder of the Griffith Institute[3]
- Nora Griffith, Egyptologist and founder of the Griffith Institute[3]
- Principal of Brasenose College, Oxfordand Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
- Andrew John Herbertson, geographer
- Archbishop of Cape Town
- Sir Richard Lodge, historian
- Somerville College
- Max Müller, philologist and Orientalist, Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford
- Walter Pater, essayist and critic[2]
- Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
- Master of University College, Oxford, and his wife Jean Redcliffe-Maud
- Principal of Jesus College, Oxford
- George Rolleston, physician and zoologist
- John Stainer, composer and organist[2]
- Kenneth Tynan, theatre critic and author[2]
- Thomas Herbert Warren, President of Magdalen College, Oxford[2]
- Charles Williams, novelist, poet and member of the Inklings[2]
- William Wallace, Scottish philosopher
- F. H. Bradley, British idealist philosopher[4]
- A. C. Bradley, British literary scholar[4]
- Henry George Woods, President of Trinity College, Oxford[5]
- Margaret Louisa Woods, poet and novelist[5]
A wooden grave marker that was used to mark the grave of the
The cemetery contains three war graves that are maintained and registered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission – two British Army officers of World War I and a Royal Air Force officer of World War II.[7]
Friends
A Friends of Holywell Cemetery has been established to raise funds and manage the cemetery.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Burial grounds in the city of Oxford". Oxford History: Burials in Oxford. UK: www.oxfordhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lack, 2010, p. 39
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(ODNB) – Oxford University Press – Published in print: 23 September 2004 Published online: 23 September 2004
- ^ a b "Holywell Cemetery, Oxford: Famous people". www.oxfordhistory.org.uk.
- ^ a b Vogeler, Martha S. (2004). "Woods , Margaret Louisa (1855–1945)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ "Gazetteer". Balliol College Archives & Manuscripts. Balliol College, Oxford. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Breakdown obtained from casualty record". CWGC Cemetery Report. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.Date accessed 9 September 2012.
- ^ "The Friends of Holywell Cemetery: Holywell Cemetery", Noticeboard, Holywell Cemetery
Sources
- Lack, Alastair (March 2010). "The Valhalla of Oxford". Oxfordshire Limited Edition. The Oxford Times: 35–39.